My Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Now that this cold weather seems to be here to stay, I decided it is time to make my hot chocolate mix. My mom would make this every holiday season when I was a kid and it always lasted into the new year. My mom would always make us all a cup with marshmallows on top when we would watch Christmas movies like Charlie Brown Christmas, White Christmas, Miracle on 34th St, and It's a Wonderful Life. Even after the holidays I loved coming home from school and having a mug full! This recipe definitely brings back a lot of memories of Christmases past. I can't wait to someday hopefully make this recipe part of my children's Christmas memories.

I'm not sure where my mom got the recipe for the hot chocolate mix...I'm assuming probably one of my grandmothers. Some of the ingredients weren't sold in the weight measurement she gave me or I couldn't find it in that measurement, but I was able to get all of the ingredients at Wal-Mart.
Here it is! You will love it!

Hot Chocolate Mix

Ingredients:

1 box of Nestle Quik (2 lb) 

1 box Powdered Sugar (1lb)

1 container Coffee Mate (6 oz)

1 box Powdered Milk (1lb 9oz)

I feel my hips gaining weight as I type these ingredients....

I was able to find everything in the right measurement except the Nesquik. All I could find was the smaller boxes or the 2.54lb container, which is what I chose. I eyeballed what I thought was two pounds....hey, if I got more than two pounds in it would just be more chocolatey and who doesn't like chocolate?

I dumped all the ingredients until a huge container, snapped the lid on tight and started shaking and turning the containers all around. It may have been easier to mix the ingredients a little at a time and then put it in a container, but I learn the hard way...

There! This is what it all looks like mixed up! 

I transferred my mix to one of my chalkboard storage containers and I'm ready to go for the holidays. I add anywhere between 1/4-1/3 cup of the mix to hot water depending on the mug's size and how chocolatey I want it.

 I'll be offering hot chocolate as a beverage option during my in-laws' holiday visit and I think I will be giving smaller jars of the mix to my neighbors along with some cookies as a holiday treat next week! This is such an easy and delicious treat to give to someone during the holidays! When I first made this mix up and made a mug for my husband he didn't believe me that it wasn't a packaged mix because it tasted so so good. I'm not a coffee drinker, but from what my mom has told me, this is amazing when you add a couple of spoonfuls to your coffee. I used the plain Coffee Mate but I've also heard great things about using flavored Coffee Mate instead! I hope you enjoy! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!